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religion

noun
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods:
宗教, 信仰(心)
e.g. ideas about the relationship between science and religion.
a particular system of faith and worship:
(個別の)宗派, 宗教
e.g. the world's great religions.
a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance:
〖単数形で〗(異常なほどの興味を持つ)生きがい, 命; 信条
e.g. consumerism is the new religion.

PHRASES
informal be converted to religious belief and practices.

DERIVATIVES
religionless adjective

ORIGIN
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘life under monastic vows’): from Old French, or from Latin religio(n-)obligation, bond, reverence’, perhaps based on Latin religare ‘to bind’.